Archive for February, 2010

Inside China Today – Friday 26th February

Posted by Daniel Teng on Friday, February 26th, 2010
 
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- China’s property market stagnates
- Huge loans for swine flu treatment
- Shanghai petitioners spend unhappy New Year in Beijing
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China’s property market stagnates
Housing prices in China skyrocketed last year. The five cities with the most risky real estate bubbles were Sanya of Hainan Province, Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Hangzhou. Trade experts say around the Chinese New [...]

Inside China Today – Friday 19th February

Posted by Daniel Teng on Saturday, February 20th, 2010
 
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- Liaoning authorities search for organizers of ‘Petitioners New Year
- Regime blocking the rights of lawyers
- Chinese Communist Party sues victims of toxic milk
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Liaoning authorities search for organizers of ‘Petitioners New Year’
Over 60 homeless petitioners held the Inaugural Petitioners’ Chinese New Year Gala on February 5th. The gala was held at a simple location [...]

Inside China Today – Sunday 14th February

Posted by Daniel Teng on Sunday, February 14th, 2010
 
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- Investigator into ‘tofu – buildings’ convicted
- Thousands of bird flu patients left undiagnosed in Daqing
- Workers protest in Suizhou, Hubei over wages
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Investigator into ‘tofu – buildings’ convicted
Tan Zuoren, author and famous environmentalist of Sichuan Province, has been sentenced to five years imprisonment. He was convicted of inciting subversion of state power, allegedly for criticizing [...]

Inside China Today – Sunday 7th February

Posted by Daniel Teng on Sunday, February 7th, 2010
 
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- Canton train tickets run sparse, ID ticketing ineffective
- Beijing Judicial Bureau monitors Falun Gong lawyers
- New property regulations widely condemned
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Canton train tickets run sparse, ID ticketing ineffective
It is allegedly the largest annual migration in human history. It sets a new record year after year after year. An estimated more than 2.5 billion journeys, more [...]